diff --git a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
index 29b9d34569..ead50bb1dc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2018 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
-;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Carlos Sánchez de La Lama <csanchezdll@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
@@ -509,14 +509,14 @@ It also includes runtime support libraries for these languages.")))
 (define-public gcc-8
   (package
     (inherit gcc-7)
-    (version "8.3.0")
+    (version "8.4.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/gcc/gcc-"
                                   version "/gcc-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0b3xv411xhlnjmin2979nxcbnidgvzqdf4nbhix99x60dkzavfk4"))
+                "1m1d3gfix56w4aq8myazzfffkl8bqcrx4jhhapnjf7qfs596w2p3"))
               (patches (search-patches "gcc-8-strmov-store-file-names.patch"
                                        "gcc-5.0-libvtv-runpath.patch"))))))